“To Marilyn Buried Next Door” and “Your Girl”
When I first learned you were there,
that you had been there all along,
I felt that you had been watching me
and I wondered what I was doing when you arrived.
Did you, in your maternal stillness,
know that I dwelt beyond our mutual fence?
that you had been there all along,
I felt that you had been watching me
and I wondered what I was doing when you arrived.
Did you, in your maternal stillness,
know that I dwelt beyond our mutual fence?